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10.2: DUEL TO THE DEATH
Author: Shinigami
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**(PLANET CENTAURI, ZEGNA’S TEMPLE)**

Astra arrived at the end of the stairs where the torches have lighted themselves and looked around, she saw the a pile of human bones in a pit that she could not imagine was there. She looked to her left and saw another glowing glyph that says

“He who challenges the abominable shall be willing to lay down his humanity to win or perish.” Astra swallowed hard and looked to her side where the path leads forward.

I hope there are no traps set here! She thought and starts to walk forward, looking at the intricate decoration that was laid all over the floor of the hallway and even the walls. It is art like she has never seen before. She continued to walk along the pattern that leads forward and arrived at the end of the hallway.

There was a large pit in front of her with a large circular floating stage that stands on nothing, connected by two small bridges that lead from the place that Astra is standing to the platform, and the other one leading further
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